San Diego Mesa College | Council of Chief Librarians

Following the CCL Deans, Directors and Chairs Annual Meeting, San Diego Mesa College librarians shared the following with campus leaders. The issue has received the support of Mesa President, Pam Luster.

“At a recent meeting of the Council of Chief Librarians for the California Community Colleges (CCL), an action plan was approved to solicit institutional support for CCL’s suggested revisions to the proposed changes to the ACCJC accreditation standards.

CCL’s efforts so far are detailed in President Tim Karas’ letter in this Outlook Newsletter, and includes a request for institution-level support. That support can include any or all of the following:

An Academic Senate resolution or endorsement of the statewide senate resolution passed at the Fall plenary session.
Endorsement by the Chairs.
Institutional support via comment form (on ACCJC site: https://www.accjc.org/) from the College President, VPI, and/or ALO.

Mesa colleagues were asked to support CCL’s efforts by submitting a comment form to ACCJC before the April 30 deadline.

Responses can be as simple as “We support the proposed changes to the ACCJC revisions submitted by the Council of Chief Librarians of the California Community Colleges” or as detailed and customized as one would like. The form does ask for the title of the respondent and college/organization represented, thus providing an opportunity for institution-level support.